Description: Elizur Shaw who recorded his experiences in this book was born on April 5, 1826 in Copenhagen, New York. In 1848, along with his brothers and sister and mother they ‘came west’ and settled in Oneida, Illinois until his mother died in the 1850’s. The Shaw family then left their home in Illinois in 1862 and while on their long journey along the Oregon Trail, destination Seattle, Washington Territory, they lost all oft heir possessions in an onslaught by the Indians. After being settled down in Unionville, Nevada, by the wagon train that brought them from the Mormon Settlement where they were taken after their ordeal with the Indians they continued their journey. This book describes their experiences from a personal perspective.